On 7/3/19 11:01 AM, Keith Moore wrote: > I may be exaggerating the situation somewhat by stating things in terms > of the extremes of possibility. I agree that there is a middle > ground. It is not necessary to be brutally honest at all times to get > good technical work done. It is not necessary at all to be brutal to get good technical work done. It is a choice. I'll also point out that we use consensus-based decision-making in the IETF, and it may be worth a re-read (or first-time read) of RFC 7282. Melinda